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英英字典: precarious

precarious   (Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 prIˋkєrIәs 〕

Pronunciation

〔 priˊkєәriәs 〕


Overview of adj precarious

The adj precarious has 3 senses


  • precarious, unstable -- (affording no ease or reassurance; "a precarious truce")

  • parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go -- (fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery")

  • precarious, shaky -- (not secure; beset with difficulties; "a shaky marriage")

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